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Cashton Community Series
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Fire Department and
First Responders
Contributing researchers: Lily Sanders, Savannah
Compton, Brady Hemmersbach, Ben Grandall, Brett
Hemmersbach, Gavin Anderson, Zach Hirschfield,
Sondra Winchel, Mrs. Capwell, and Mrs. Gabrielson
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Table of Contents
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Goods or Services? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What You Can Find / See . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reading and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What If You Worked Here? . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interesting Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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History
The fire department started in 1898.
Back then, they had a few men and
one hose. In 1952, the fire department
began serving Melvina, Clinton, Port-
land, and Jefferson. The area that they
service has about 5,000 people.
Photo
This is a four wheeler to hold tools.
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Goods or Services?
Services
Put out fires
• Home • Structure
• Grass
• Oxygen tank for rescues
Help people who are injured or sick
• Car accident
• Jaws of life • Defibrillator
• Water rescue
• Emergency care
• Take people to hospital
• Take care of hurt people
Teach people about fire safety
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Gear
Helmets
Fire jacket
Fire boots
Fire pants
Fire mask
Air tank
Vehicles
Fire trucks
Ambulance
Tanker
Fire engine
Equipment Truck
SUV
Ladder truck
Fire
Station
Large garage
Fire pole
Fire alarm
Radio
What You Can Find/See
The fireman need this gear.
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Photos and Captions
A firefighter is putting out a fire.
Dennis Dickman is the fire chief
in Cashton. He is on the news.
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Using Math
Fire chief Dennis measures water in gallons
to fill the tanker truck They need to tell
time to get out of the fire in time. The only
have 30 minutes of air in an air tank. They
need to get the person that is hurt to the
hospital in the golden hour. They look at
numbers when they take blood pressure.
They need to read numbers to find the
address.
Photo ?
This is for taking blood pressure.
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Reading and Writing
Firefighter read books to learn how to
fight fires. They read to learn how to
save lives. They have to go through 80
hours of training. They have to write
reports.
The fire truck is fast and has a siren. The siren goes WHEEEWW!
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What If You Worked Here?
It would be fun because you get to save
people. It would be hard to fight the fire.
It would be scary to go into the fires. You
need to wear all the special equipment to
stay safe.
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Interesting Facts
They get 30 to 40 fire calls per year.
The tanker holds 4,700 gallons of water.
There are 27 firefighters and they are all
men.
They go on about 120 rescue calls a
year.
The fire department can leave within
about 3 minutes of a call.
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Map
The fire department is located at 545
Front Street.
Photo ?
Fire Department
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Glossary
Defibrillator It shocks your heart when
your heart stops beating.
Structure a building
Tanker a truck that holds a lot of water
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About the Project
The Cashton Elementary First Graders
visited many places in order to learn
about the goods and services our com-
munity provides to the people who live
here. A huge thanks to all of the busi-
nesses we contacted who graciously al-
lowed us to visit and learn. If you have
questions about this project or would
like to be included in the future, please
contact one of the following teachers
at the Elementary School (608-654-
7377).
Rachel Huntzicker
Beth Lee
Dawn Stalsberg